Pink Diamonds Baby Afghan
Make your little girl a Pink Diamonds Baby Afghan and turn her into a little starlet. It's a bit too early to be showering her with real diamonds (and a bit too expensive), but at least you can knit her a blanket full of them. Learn how to make a baby blanket that your daughter will cherish long past the age where she's too old for her blankie with this simple baby blanket knitting pattern. She's going to love being wrapped up in this glamorous-yet-cozy throw at night.
Knitting Needle Size8 or 5 mm, Circular Knitting Needles
Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)
Gauge1 stitches, 2 rows, 3 inches. stockinette stitch
Materials:
- Bernat® Satin™ (Solids:3.5 oz/100 g) or (Ombres:2.8 oz/80 g)
- Solids - 8 balls
- Ombres - 10 balls
- Size U.S. 8 (5 mm) circular knitting needle 36" [90 cm] long or size needed to obtain gauge.
Measurements: Approx 37½ x 45" [95 x 114.5 cm].
Abbreviations: yarnspirations.com/abbreviations
Instructions
Cast on 159 sts.
Knit 3 rows, noting 1st row is WS and inc 10 sts evenly across last row. 169 sts.
1st row: K4. yfwd. K2togtbl. K2. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. *(K2tog. yfwd) twice. K4. yfwd. K2togtbl. K2. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. Rep from * to last 13 sts. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K3. K2tog. yfwd. K4.
2nd and alt rows: K3. Purl to last 3 sts. K3.
3rd row: K5. yfwd. K2togtbl. K2. K2tog. yfwd. K2tog. *yfwd. K2tog. yfwd. K3. K2tog. yfwd. K1. yfwd. K2togtbl. K2. K2tog. yfwd. K2tog. Rep from * to last 12 sts. yfwd. K2tog. yfwd. K3. K2tog. yfwd. K5.
5th row: K6. yfwd. K2togtbl. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. *(K2tog. yfwd) twice. K1. K2tog. yfwd. K3. yfwd. K2togtbl. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. Rep from * to last 13 sts. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K1. K2tog. yfwd. K6.
7th row: K7. yfwd. K2togtbl. K3. *K4. K2tog. yfwd. K5. yfwd. K2togtbl. K3. Rep from * to last 13 sts. K4. K2tog. yfwd. K7.
9th row: K8. yfwd. K2togtbl. K2. *K3. K2tog. yfwd. K7. yfwd. K2togtbl. K2. Rep from * to last 13 sts. K3. K2tog. yfwd. K8.
11th row: K9. yfwd. K2togtbl. K1. *K2. K2tog. yfwd. K9. yfwd. K2togtbl. K1. Rep from * to last 13 sts. K2. K2tog. yfwd. K9.
13th row: K4. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K2. yfwd. K2togtbl. *K1. K2tog. yfwd. K1. (K2tog. yfwd) 4 times. K2. yfwd. K2togtbl. Rep from * to last 13 sts. K1. K2tog. yfwd. K1. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K5.
15th row: K3. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K4. yfwd. *Sl1. K2tog. psso. yfwd. K3. (K2tog. yfwd) 3 times. K4. yfwd. Rep from * to last 14 sts. Sl1. K2tog. psso. yfwd. K3. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K4.
17th row: K4. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K4. *yfwd. K2togtbl. K2. (K2tog. yfwd) 4 times. K4. Rep from * to last 13 sts. yfwd. K2togtbl. K2. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K5.
19th row: K3. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K3. K2tog. yfwd. *K1. yfwd. K2togtbl. K2. (K2tog. yfwd) 3 times. K3. K2tog. yfwd. Rep from * to last 13 sts. K1. yfwd. K2togtbl. K2. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K4.
21st row: K4. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K1. K2tog. yfwd. K1. *K2. yfwd. K2togtbl. (K2tog. yfwd) 4 times. K1. K2tog. yfwd. K1. Rep from * to last 13 sts. K2. yfwd. K2togtbl. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K5.
23rd row: K8. K2tog. yfwd. K2. *K3. yfwd. K2togtbl. K7. K2tog. yfwd. K2. Rep from * to last 13 sts. K3. yfwd. K2togtbl. K8.
25th row: K7. K2tog. yfwd. K3. *K4. yfwd. K2togtbl. K5. K2tog. yfwd. K3. Rep from * to last 13 sts. K4. yfwd. K2togtbl. K7.
27th row: K6. K2tog. yfwd. K4. *K5. yfwd. K2togtbl. K3. K2tog. yfwd. K4. Rep from * to last 13 sts. K5. yfwd. K2togtbl. K6.
29th row: K5. K2tog. yfwd. K1. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. *(K2tog. yfwd) twice. K2. yfwd. K2togtbl. K1. K2tog. yfwd. K1. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. Rep from * to last 13 sts. (K2tog. yfwd) twice. K2. yfwd. K2togtbl. K5.
31st row: K4. K2tog. yfwd. K3. K2tog. yfwd. K2tog. * yfwd. K2tog. yfwd. K4. yfwd. Sl1. K2tog. psso. yfwd. K3. K2tog. yfwd. K2tog. Rep from * to last 12 sts. yfwd. K2tog. yfwd. K4. yfwd. K2togtbl. K4.
32nd row: As 2nd row. Rep last 32 rows for pat until work from beg measures 44½" [113 cm], ending with RS facing for next row.
Next row: Knit, dec 10 sts evenly across. 159 sts. Knit 3 rows. Cast off knitwise (WS).